Elements of Poetry

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The word "understand" is an example of what type of meter? Options: Trochee, Anapest, Dactyl, Iamb

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Anapest

Front

The word "comedy" is an example of what type of meter? Options: Trochee, Dactyl, Iamb, Anapest

Back

Dactyl

Front

How can lines in poems be arranged?

Back

All of the above (a phrase, a single word, a sentence)

Front

Rhyme

Back

The repetition of an ending sound

Front

Meter

Back

Premeasured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables

Front

The word "awake" is an example of what type of meter?

Back

Iamb

Front

Type of meter that has 2 syllables (stressed -> unstressed)

Back

Trochee

Front

Type of meter that has 3 syllables (unstressed -> unstressed -> stressed)

Back

Anapest

Front

What does free verse poetry lack?

Back

Rhyme or Rhythm

Front

Poems that tell a story are called __________.

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Narrative Poems